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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
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"This
fear
of
solitude
brought
Grettir,
at
last,
to
his
end."
Ghosts
being
seldom
dangerous
to
human
life,
we
follow
up
the
homicidal
Glam
with
a
Scottish
traditional
story
of
malevolent
and
murderous
sprites.
'THE
FOUL
FORDS'
OR
THE
LONGFORMACUS
FARRIER
"About
1820
there
lived
a
Farrier
of
the
name
of
Keane
in
the
village
of
Longformacus
in
Lammermoor.
He
was
a
rough,
passionate
man,
much
addicted
to
swearing.
For
many
years
he
was
farrier
to
the
Eagle
or
Spottiswood
troop
of
Yeomanry.
One
day
he
went
to
Greenlaw
to
attend
the
funeral
of
his
sister,
intending
to
be
home
early
in
the
afternoon.
His
wife
and
family
were
surprised
when
he
did
not
appear
as
they
expected
and
they
sat
up
watching
for
him.
About
two
o'clock
in
the
morning
a
heavy
weight
was
heard
to
fall
against
the
door
of
the
house,
and
on
opening
it
to
see
what
was
the
matter,
old
Keane
was
discovered
lying
in
a
fainting
fit
on
the
threshold.
He
was
put
to
bed
and
means
used
for
his
recovery,
but
when
he
came
out
of
the
fit
he
was
raving
mad
and
talked
of
such
frightful
things
that
his
family
were
quite
terrified.
He
continued
till
next
day
in
the
same
state,
but
at
length
his
senses
returned
and
he
desired
to
see
the
minister
alone.
"After
a
long
conversation
with
him
he
called
all
his
family
round
his
bed,
and
required
from
each
of
his
children
and
his
wife
a
solemn
promise
that
they
would
none
of
them
ever
pass
over
a
particular
spot
in
the
moor
between
Longformacus
and
Greenlaw,
known
by
the
name
of
'The
Foul
Fords'
(it
is
the
ford
over
a
little
water-course
just
east
of
Castle
Shields).
He
assigned
no
reason
to
them
for
this
demand,
but
the
promise
was
given
and
he
spoke
no
more,
and
died
that
evening.
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